Is there a time and a place for a fast, healthy lunch? Absolutely. Ideally, fast food isn’t a daily event, and you have your homemade breakfast and lunch prepped and ready before you tuck yourself in the night before. But let’s face it, sometimes that just doesn’t happen because the dog gets sick, there’s nothing in the fridge or you’re too busy to pull off the prep work.

Let me take the guessing out of what to order, when you have to stand in the fast food line that will keep you on track with these top picks:

PRET a MANGER: my very first choice, Pret has a ton of healthful choices in grab and go cases. It’s also easy to choose a bottle of seltzer and they have a healthy tea selection.

Breakfast

Blueberry & Granola Pot

Banana & Honey Pot

Bircher Muesli Pot

Chai Chia Pot

Egg & Spinach Pot

Mango & Lime Pot

Overnight Oats Pot

Posh Fruit Pot

Seasonal Citrus and Pomegranate Pot

Superfoods Pot

Five Grain Oatmeal

Steel Cut Oatmeal

Lunch or Dinner

Chicken & Edamame Protein Pot

Egg & Quinoa Pot

Salmon Power Pot

Sweet Pea Hummus Pot

Moroccan Lentil Soup

Sweet Potato and Cauliflower Curry Soup

Chicken & Egg Protein Power Salad

Chicken & Avocado Salad

Pret’s Grains & Greens Salad

Pret’s Harvest Salad

Salmon & Pickled Veggies Power Lunch

Southwestern Chicken & Avocado Power Lunch

Olive Oil Dressing, Lemon Shallot Vinaigrette or Balsamic Vinaigrette

CHIPOTLE:A healthful salad bowl is the way to go here. Limit yourself to only one serving of the fats and load up on the veggies and lean protein.